I have been listening to records with this exact stylus the past 10 years. I’m worried it breaks my records without me noticing.
Ok two ideas. 1. Listen to a record you know very very well with headphones. Take the same record/headphones to a local record shop that has a turn table setup or a friend’s house and listen 2. Buy a new needle because eventually you are going to new a new one right? Try it out and if the old one isn’t that bad then you have a backup. Remember needles seem expensive 100-300 but how many records is that? Maybe less than 10 and it is the one thing that really determines how your collection sounds.
There’s no way in judging your stylus with a picture like that. You should be able to hear if it still sounds good. If not, change it.
